People

Principal Investigator

Kit Parker

Kevin Kit Parker, Ph.D.

Tarr Family Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics

Wyss Institute for Biologically-Inspired Engineering

Harvard Stem Cell Institute

Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

E: kkparker at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-2850

29 Oxford St., Pierce Hall 321, Cambridge, MA 02138

Chief Administrator

Joan Wu Chambers, Ph.D.

Faculty Administrator for Professor Kevin Kit Parker
Chief Administrator for Disease Biophysics Group

E: Chambers at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-496-2795

29 Oxford St., Pierce Hall 328A, Cambridge, MA 02138

Senior Staff Scientist

David James Coon

E: jcoon at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-4870

58 Oxford St., Room 405, Cambridge, MA 02138

Staff Engineer

Josue Adrian Goss

E: gossja at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-3206

60 Oxford St., Room 323, Cambridge, MA 02138

Postdoctoral Fellows

Ashutosh Agarwal

E: aagarwal at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-432-1640

3 Blackfan Circle, Room 517, Boston, MA 02115

Yvonne Aratyn

E: yaratyn at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-3130

60 Oxford St., Room 331, Cambridge, MA 02138

Mohammad Badrossamay

E: mrbadros at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-3206

60 Oxford St., Room 323, Cambridge, MA 02138

Kartik Balachandran

E: kartikb at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-432-1640

3 Blackfan Circle, Room 517, Boston, MA 02115

Patrick Campbell

E: campbell at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-4870

58 Oxford St., Room 405, Cambridge, MA 02138

Leila Deravi

E: lderavi at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-496-1697

60 Oxford St., Room 332, Cambridge, MA 02138

Ville Kujala

E: vkujala at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-4870

58 Oxford St., Room 405, Cambridge, MA 02138

Hyungsuk Lee

E: hlee at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-3130

60 Oxford St., Room 331, Cambridge, MA 02138

Megan McCain

E: mlmccain at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-496-1697

60 Oxford St., Room 332, Cambridge, MA 02138

Sung Jin Park

E: sjinpark at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-4870

58 Oxford St., Room 405, Cambridge, MA 02138

Francesco S. Pasqualini

E: fsp at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-4870

58 Oxford St., Room 405, Cambridge, MA 02138

Graduate Students

Andrew Capulli

E: acapulli at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-432-1640

3 Blackfan Circle, Room 517, Boston, MA 02115

Borna Dabiri

E: dabiri at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-432-1640

3 Blackfan Circle, Room 517, Boston, MA 02115

Samuel Felton

E: sam at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-4870

58 Oxford St., Room 405, Cambridge, MA 02138

Matthew Hemphill

E: mah at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-4870

58 Oxford St., Room 405, Cambridge, MA 02138

Holly McIlwee

E: hmcilwee at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-496-1697

60 Oxford St., Room 332, Cambridge, MA 02138

Sean Sheehy

E: ssheehy at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-3130

60 Oxford St., Room 405, Cambridge, MA 02138

Undergraduate Student

Ronit Malka

E: rmalka at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-4870

58 Oxford St., Room 405, Cambridge, MA 02138

Visiting Scientists

Janna Nawroth

E: jnawroth at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-4870

58 Oxford St., Room 405, Cambridge, MA 02138

Intern Students

Alexander Cho

E: acho at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-4870

58 Oxford St., Room 405, Cambridge, MA 02138

Virginia Phillips

E: vphillips at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-4870

58 Oxford St., Room 405, Cambridge, MA 02138

Lise Serre

E: lserre at seas.harvard.edu

T: 617-495-4870

58 Oxford St., Room 405, Cambridge, MA 02138

What's New

Picture of the Month – April 2012 April 6th, 2012

Isotropic cardiac myocyte monolayer stained for actin (red), beta-catenin (white), and nuclear DNA (blue). Image by Megan McCain, Parker lab.

Congrats to Kartik Balachandran! March 14th, 2012

Kartik Balachandran has been awarded the Postdoctoral Fellow Best Abstract Award by the Association of Scientists of Indian Origin Special Interest Group of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) at the SOT Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA. This competitive award was based on a submitted abstract and a cover letter outlining the significance of his research. The award includes a plaque and monetary award of $500. Congratulations, Kartik!!

Congrats to Josh Goss!! March 5th, 2012

Josh Goss is one of the winners of the first Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean’s Excellence Award. Josh is the senior instrumentation engineer and staff scientists in the Disease Biophysics Group, designing and prototyping all of our experimental systems from microfluidic systems for organs on chips to blast bioreactors for brain injury research. Congratulations, Josh!! Thanks for all of your hard work!!

Picture of the Month – February 2012 February 24th, 2012

Micropatterned mouse ventricular muscle cells assembled into an anisotropic tissue showing nuclei (pink) and organized sarcomeres (orange). This organization recapitulates features of the native architecture of cardiac tissue. Image by Anna Grosberg, Parker lab.

Postdoctoral Positions in the DBG February 19th, 2012

We have several postdoctoral positions opening now and in the coming months. We are especially interested in candidates with backgrounds in theoretical biomechanics who are interested in conducting bench experiments. These positions will focus on our efforts to recapitulate organ-level function on chips for drug discovery and safety pharmacology.

All of these positions require a doctoral degree in an appropriate field and a demonstrated publication record. Applications in the form of a single PDF file containing a cover letter, resume, and up to three examples of first author papers should be forwarded to Prof Parker (kkparker@seas.harvard.edu). A list of references should be submitted with the resume with contact information.